You can use white beans, northern beans, navy beans or canellini as the protein in just about any Italian pasta dish that you would use chicken in, or as an addition to stretch it out some. If you make a beautiful sauce - white wine, fresh tomatoes, lots of garlic and fresh herbs - it can make the dish feel sumptuous, and without meat, it doesn't feel as heavy and is nice to eat in the summer, too.

God, Reddit. An unregulated drug industry rife with abuse, torture and murder? Okay! Rationalizing your way out of having to pay for any artistic content? Let's do it! But actual physical people, interacting with each other in groups in public spaces? THE HORROR. Ugh socially anxious mouth breathers

Okay, I live in New York now but grew up here and go back sometimes and you’re right, it is SO CREEPY. The level of widespread cultural denial about how bad things are is astounding.

Edit: though, part of the problem is exactly this myth of personal responsibility. Both corporations and government have left this area of the country completely out to dry. It's not this bad everywhere; there really is a confluence of structural factors going on here that sets people up to fail at life.

Right - I think there's some significant Photoshop action going on here, too, especially around the eyes. Which is why this photo is so successful - eliminating "undesirable" imperfections (wrinkles) while maintaining "desirable" ones (freckles) as not to make her look like a robot.

I mean, it's very good Photoshop, but still not a straight up documentary shot, like, "This is what a 44 year old woman looks like."

But yet, so few posters here have. They come up with some justification ('I was bullying back, they deserved it') as opposed to just admitting the truth, that bullying is a pleasure system. I wasn't 'congratulating' him on being honest with us, but for being honest with himself.